options for the treasury include scrapping vat of 5% on energy bills. that will be worth about £100 a year. quick, easy, but blunt. better off households would benefit too. more targeted, reform the warm home discount a one off payment of £140, available to a limited number of people on certain benefits. make that more generous and widen the eligibility. and there are green charges on our bills of £170 a year. you could scrap those, or move them into general taxation. maybe fairer, because higher earners would pay more. and how to pay for all of this? maybe a windfall tax on the gas producers making big profits as prices soar. chancellors, both conservative and labour, have done it before. that would deter investment in domestic gas sources like the north sea, says 0 shea. one way or another, the uk s rising energy bill has to be paid. ultimately, everybody in the uk is a taxpayer and an energy cofisuttiei . so, the cost of this
better off households would benefit too. more targeted, reform the warm home discount a one off payment of £140, available to a limited number of people on certain benefits. make that more generous and widen the eligibility. then there are green charges on our bills of £170 a year. you could scrap those, or move them into general taxation. it may be fairer, because higher earners would pay more. and how to pay for all of this? maybe a windfall tax on the gas producers making big profits as prices soar. chancellors, both conservative and labour, have done it before. that would deter investment in domestic gas sources like the north sea, says 0 shea. one way or another, the uk s rising energy bill has to be paid. ultimately, everybody in the uk is a taxpayer and an energy consumer. so, the cost of this is going to have to be paid by uk citizens. the question as to whether that s paid for through the energy bill or through general taxation is one
would benefit too. more targeted reform the warm homes discount, a one off payment of £140, available to a limited number of people on certain benefits. make that more generous and widen the eligibility. then there are green charges on our bills of £170 a year. we could scrap those, or move them into general taxation. maybe fairer, because higher earners would pay more. and how to pay for all of this? maybe a windfall tax on the gas producers making big profits as prices soar. chancellors, both conservative and labour, have done it before. that would deter investment in domestic gas sources like the north sea, says 0 shea. one way or another, the uk s rising energy bill has to be paid. ultimately, everybody in the uk is a taxpayer and an energy cofisuttiei . so, the cost of this is going to have to be paid by uk citizens. the question as to whether that s paid through the energy bill